My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Baby names

Emilia or Emelia?!

16 replies

Tea1Sugar · 26/02/2014 19:37

Which spelling?! We've been set on Emilia but I've just seen Emelia spelling and I wonder if that'll dispel the mispronunciation of Emma-Lea which we really dislike.

OP posts:
Report
Alisvolatpropiis · 26/02/2014 19:40

Emilia.

Emelia just looks like Amelia with an E instead.

I know it's a legitimate variant spelling but aesthetically, that's how it looks.

Report
EirikurNoromaour · 26/02/2014 19:53

Emilia. You could call her Amelia and avoid the Emily pronunciation, they sound quite similar.

Report
TheScience · 26/02/2014 19:55

Emilia or Amelia.

Report
Bowlersarm · 26/02/2014 19:55

Do you think you will shorten it at all?

Report
Tea1Sugar · 26/02/2014 20:44

Nn Emmy. I want Emilia, dp is arguing for Emelia. Grr.

OP posts:
Report
Bowlersarm · 26/02/2014 20:47

If you are going to call her Emmy, I don't think it matters which version, if you wanted to call her either Millie or Melie, then it matters.

Report
EirikurNoromaour · 27/02/2014 09:04

What about emmeline?

Report
Bunbaker · 27/02/2014 09:06

I have never come across the Emelia spelling before and would just assume it was a spelling mistake.

Report
DrankSangriaInThePark · 27/02/2014 09:07

I would assume they had different pronunciations.

Em-ee-lia / Em-ay-lia

Report
momb · 27/02/2014 09:08

Emilia.
It's the feminine version of Emil.

Report
Driveway · 27/02/2014 10:11

Emilia. Emelia looks wrong.

Report
Tea1Sugar · 27/02/2014 16:55

I agree. Gonna stick with Emilia.

OP posts:
Report
winterhat · 27/02/2014 22:09

Emilia

Report
BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 01/03/2014 00:44

Emilia. Emelia- I would assume that you couldn't spell it.

Report
Tea1Sugar · 01/03/2014 17:15

We're sticking with Emilia :) Glad the mn jury agree!

OP posts:
Report
haleyalannahxo · 01/03/2014 18:18

Glad you went with Emilia, I was about to say that I prefer that to Emelia :) Emelia looks like a typo of Amelia to me, haha.

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.